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Category: eBooks
Public libraries join forces to demand better eBook accessibility for their customers
NEWS RELEASE For immediate release June 5, 2012 Public libraries join forces to demand better eBook accessibility for their customers Toronto – The Canadian Urban Libraries Council/Conseil des Bibliothèques Urbaines du Canada (CULC/CBUC), a coalition of Canada’s large public libraries, along with many U.S. public libraries such as the New York Public Library, are putting […]
RFI Released seeking partners for better eContent for Public Libraries
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release TORONTO (June 5, 2012) eBOUND Canada and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC) together have issued a Request for Information (RFI) invitation to vendors and solutions providers concerning a joint public library eBook lending initiative.[ “CULC/CBUC has been involved in a constructive collaboration for over 18 months with members of […]
Items upcoming on the CULC/CBUC Spring Meeting Agenda
The Executive is focussing the Spring 2012 discussions on fewer items that are linked through the theme of eContent. Some of the items the national public library group will be addressing include: the work of the eBook Task Force and the proposed RFI they will be introducing next week US Publishing expert Brian O’Leary (Magellan […]
Editorial about National Library Week in the USA.
Beyond books: Why you should check out your public library For many of us, the public library always will be synonymous with books. The books drew us to the library in the first place, helped us discover new worlds – real and imaginary – beyond our day-to-day experiences. Libraries continue to embody that same spirit […]
eBooks @ OLA; and ACP Winter Meetings
More than 170 people came to hear what CULC/CBUC has been doing on the eBook file since the last public meeting in June at CLA-Halifax. The task force members gave some updates and talked about the challenges that the sector is seeing in Canada and abroad. CULC/CBUC was fortunate enough to have been debriefed by […]
National Book Count 2012
The numbers are in and the press coverage is beginning. See below. Seven new CULC/CBUC members contributed their numbers. On the systems that contributed for a second year in a row, the print collection circulation increased by an average of 8% and the eBook usage doubled. Not surprising for those in and around the front […]
Penguin Audiobooks withdrawn for library purchase through OverDrive and other Platforms
Dear Library Partner, Effective immediately, Penguin Group has suspended the availability of download audiobook titles for library purchase across all vendors. This change does not affect any Penguin audiobook titles currently in your library’s catalog. Your library will be able to purchase additional copies of titles released before 11/14/2011. However, titles released after this date […]
Penguin and Library eBooks
**UPDATED** ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of the country’s largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), is temporarily restoring libraries’ ability to loan their e-books for Amazon.com’s Kindle — but only through the end of the year. The publisher backtracked Wednesday after saying it was informed by Amazon.com Inc. that the online retailer wasn’t aware […]
eBook Pricing Models
As part of CULC/CBUC’s ongoing work around the topic of portable and downloadable eBook content, a working draft of some pricing models has been developed and shared with the CULC/CBUC members for input at the recent meetings in Surrey, BC. Still a member-only document, it will be accepting inputs soon and shared for further discussion. […]